After having no games on the table last week, this week sees two gaming sessions. The first game of the week took place on Monday in a one-on-one contest to give my current work-in-progress WotR rules their first trial by fire. The rules and I both survived first contact. The game went well with a close-run decision but that account is for another time.
Wednesday saw Kevin and I make the 35-mile drive to Scott's in Coeur d'Alene for a session of Commands and Colors: Ancients (CCA). The battle presented to us upon arrival is a battle Kevin and I have fought nine times now in 6mm. For Wednesday's game, Scott increases both table and figure size to accommodate his beautiful 28mm Ancients collections. All photos are of Scott's collection.
Besides the preliminaries of catching up and sharing latest figures painted and painting commissions to be worked, we adjourned to the game room. Once play began, the action was fast and furious as we are all well-versed in the mechanisms of CCA. As I played in the first two games and with the frenetic pace of play, there was little time to reflect on the battle action and sequencing for later chronicling.
When we broke for lunch, Carthage had won both games. Kevin fell to my Carthaginians in Game #1, 7-4, while I fell to Scott's Carthaginians in Game #2, 7-5. Rome fell in both battles. Two very exciting and action-packed games. When we returned from a leisurely lunch, no time remained to get in one more game. We called it a day with two games played but with talk of keeping the armies on the table to reconvene in a week or two.
As always, great fun and great lunch. Scott, thanks for the games! Kevin, thanks for picking up the lunch tab!
Until next time.
Good looking games Jon, very nice indeed. Scott has a really lovely collection, really nice.
ReplyDeleteScott has a beautiful collection, indeed!
DeleteGreat figures, and two games in a session is good going, although it seems as though you could have nearly squeezed in that third. It sounds like a fun day all round.
ReplyDeleteIf we had not talked so much and remained focused, a third game would have been possible. It was a fun day out.
DeleteVery interesting game Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was!
DeleteToo much dawdling over lunch put paid to the third game.....well, isn't that what retirement is for, Jon! We often have similar issues at Julian's on a Friday...dinner can drag in for an hour, and all of a sudden, we don't really have time to get the game finished off!
ReplyDeleteToo much jawing, too long over lunch, and a hard time stop cut our session short. That’s OK since the actual gaming is only a portion of why we gather. We almost allows take lunch out so the drive out and back cuts into gaming time as well. Our discussions solved no world problems but always pick up spirits.
DeleteTwo games and time spent conversing on the hobby topped of by using two rather splendid armies on the table is a grand day out indeed.
ReplyDeletePhil Robinson (for some reason I don’t have the option to use my Google ID🤔)
A grand day out, for sure and I even came away with one victory! Hope you reclaim your Google identity.
DeleteHmm, you lined up the armies, , played two games, took a bunch of photos, ate a meal, took some more photos. My gawsh, you know what that sounds like? Some of my best battles.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. Obviously a great day with friends, superbly painted models, good scenarios.
Priceless.
The day does sound pleasant, doesn’t it? It was good to get in some F2F gaming with old friends.
DeleteBTW, congrats on your rules doing well out of the gate. Good sign.
ReplyDeleteFirst contact was positive but much too soon to declare victory.
DeleteIt was good to see this collection and it sounds like you all had a convivial time. Did the elephants perform well?
ReplyDeleteStephen
Scott has many beautiful collections and it was a very enjoyable day out.
DeleteAlways nice to see C&C Ancients with nicely painted 28mm.
ReplyDeleteI like that he has colour coated the base edges for the troop type.
Neil
CCA is such a great game system made even better when played with miniatures. The color-coded bases help a lot in identifying troop type. I do the same with my 6mm armies.
DeleteI love elephants and so many troops on your table.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless I'm waiting for the comeback of the clock on your table. ;-)
Thanks, André! No clocks in this game.
DeleteLooks like a couple lovely games with some good friends!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Quite right!
DeleteThat is a lovely looking game with beautiful figures.
ReplyDeleteScott is a first-rate figure painter.
DeleteSounds like a grand day out Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteBen, it was a grand day out, indeed! Unfortunately, my embedded comments seem to be broken. Sigh. I hope that is fixed soon.
ReplyDeleteThat looks really good! Looks like 2,3 or 4 bases per unit so a base equals a block in the board game? Do you recall the base sizes and hex dimensions? It's got me thinking...
ReplyDeleteIt does look good! The number of bases equals the number of blocks in the boardgame. I believe each stand is 3 inches by 1 inch. Hexes must be about six inches across.
Deletethanks Jon, I am looking at my 'DBA Style' Greeks and Persians and thinking about whether they might work on Hexon 100mm ( 4 inch ) hexes. hmmm..
DeleteFor my 6mm CCA games and armies, I use one base per unit (rather than one base per block) and track losses with small markets.
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